I dint play Inj1 when it was a thing, I only spent some time learning it when Inj2 was announced so I had some frame of reference for things, and wasn't going in cold when it dropped.. and based on that small amount of experience, Robin looks super exciting.
The game seems to have a measured pace, not what Id call slow, but its a more thoughtful speed as opposed to the sometimes (I feel) extreme speed of some titles. It's easier to kind of plan and adjust and think on your feet (speculation from watching streams and such, I dont have a code) and the more I think about it, the more I feel like that plays to the strengths of what Robin *seems* to be, which is a midrangy-space and pace control character with some fairly solid movement options. In a game with dial-in strings and long animation moves, the ability to teleport is a more magnified strength than in super fast paced games, and so is the reach on his sword. Walk speeds are improved in Inj2, but that midrange reach is still going to be really strong.
I think he stands to be a strong character based on the moveset on display. Obviously thats just a pure speculation on my part because any tool's strength only really matters when put in the context of its rivals.. ie, a character that has, say, a jab that can kill you in two hits sounds amazing, but compare it to a character that has a similar jab that kills in ONE, and your two shotter is significantly weaker. Extreme and silly example but you get the idea. If his tools have reasonable frame data and damage to accompany them though, I like his move set alot and again, think it stands to be pretty solid.
Just kind of going over things in my head, I like the complexity that tool set allows. It *appears* he will have numerous was to approach a fight and ideally, this will lend itself to a varied and dynamic playstyle. That in itself usually carries a character into the 'good' section of a roster because you can not only adapt, but that adaptation is still letting you do optimal shiat.
That said, I have decided, from S2 in SFV on, I will be a tier-whore and only play super good characters, so even though he looks awesome and he's currently my numbah 1, Ima frog-hop to whoever looks super strong but not outright broken.. and I wont play outright broken only because *usually* outright broken gets nerfed into the pooper instead of properly adjusted.
Injustice 2 went from something I was outright against (after the PC debacle with MKX I swore off anything WB/NRS - then XL happened and I said fuck it and came back) to something I was kinda neutral about, to luke warm, to interested and now to friggen HYPE.
I.
Can.
Not.
Wait.
Fingers crossed for Grundy though.
